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-2To Mr. J. B. Marrisoo March 31, 1943 Satyact Under axtatlag Crj*y,ny poller, employees who ax* accaptad' as coapaasaticaa c*>*g far silicoais ax* paid up to tbs --Jlavea of $4000, bxt payit-s do not begin until aft or total disability oocurs. It i also tba Ccapaay1! pnotlca to oootlon pajsaaot af1tar djoath of tba aspic?**, not to rxa--d tba balmy* of t*se $4000, vt*r* tbara ax* surfiring dependents. ' Paragraph 2(a), Section 301 of tha Occupational Dlsaas* let of Psnneylrsnl* reads as follow* i - - aCcwparination, ahall not ba payable for partial disability dua to alUcoal*, anthraco-alllcoala, or asbastosls. Conpacaation (ball ba payabla, as otbarwla* prerridad In this act, fur total disability or death r*m*l Dolaly (as definitely dirt Lugo La bod fraa a ecutxl butory or accelerating eansa) by Bllleoalt, axrtbraoo-alllcoo Is, or asbastoai*, or by sllieosla, . anthraeo-silicosis, or anbastoals, vban accompanied by acrtlra pul*aaary tuberculosis.* / . It la wit raccmeodatloo that tha existing Coatpapy policy ba further libexaliisd to tba silent that partial disability, although not raoognixad In tba Occupational DIsmm Act, vlll bo recogMiod In than* and at bar nlMlar cases. Va rroo^BTEl, for irpT o, that whan an r--y.lora, la kurca to bar* olllcoal* or asbaetoil*, that resulted fro* year* of exposure In this Plant, bis loss of earning* ba aada up by carnaiita of epeclal cqgpanaatl.an dtrrlnr imeh Partial disability. Va r*camt*ad, for axsapla, whan such partial disability occurs >~tF'^JFfar*no* in Mlaryor vaeie between_tbe employee's fomsc aarnlng* and earnings aTtar partial dinaMUtyr ba *ada up 1? payment of apodal compensation. If .tba suploy** la liter tran*ffrrd to anotbor Job which pays * such or nor* than Ml fonser Job, rueh apaclal payrseuts would oaasa. Special payments should ba dotsrednod on baslo salary and axr.lualTe of any sdjustaants In uagas or salarlss that sight ba aada near tba tlaa that partial dleehi-Lity waira, Our reasons for smiting tbssa recocraodstloiii sra as follows t 'll ' Altbcwch partial disability for silicosis Is not reoognl*d ter tba Occupational Disease lot, partial disability la reeognli*d for occupational accidents. ) 2* Occupational accidanta usually inxolx* com degre* of carelessness on the part of tb* Indl-rlduelj wbrwi stllco.ls d.r.lup* gradually fro* exposure to dust batards through no fault - of tba employ**, and la usually a condition of vMoh ha Is not Ivan. Tba Company vaa nagllgant, In our oplMon, in parenting such frposurs. 003420 fw* IVa l.w -3To I avrr - Qjbc Cool : Kr. J. B. Morrison Ann*jroo| Cork Corspasy . . March 31, 19X3 3ob)*a ' 3. Tbor nay bn additional aUlooda easaa la tba ?kst . . that bT not yat bon di*co-r*rod, tat wbon dtsoovarad, - .. ' nay to of such ontaro that the Coaipany will aocrpt - . . ' '.liability. Bowrror, th motor of nch c*w con to - : , . oxpoatod to bo lialtad, and fro* this tin# forward no . _.' orpoonro to hnmsful dust should bo poralttod vbtah. - .1 . coal result la fotaro illlcool* couj. t.-.C. _____ , ' ' .: ' . A. . - Vo are told by tbo Gansral Poroooool Dapartnairt that thooo lUlcodB emaoa ar* primarily a floor Plant probloo, and do not oxlrt to ajsf oztost In otbor Company plnnta. __ , , _ 5. Vo fool tfc* prawnt policy 1* -unfair sine* 'tha ooployoo tui. nay Buffer Low of aarniogs through yaara of partial . vi'-t disability and them nay dlo shortly altar total disability occur* and before bo rraiTis fintnclal benefit* of any Had. ' ... , ". . . 6._ Dr. Bulliren baa, la scat Instances, insisted on tho tranafor - . of tb* enployooa to other jobs, which ta resulted In , .L : Iobb ef aajn \ng*- * 7. V* ball,t that during 1931 and 1935 special payment* varo ada to saplayae* who bad siliooals, uncantLng to about $1200 s*oh to coapaosats tban for loll of earnings. If It should b* daclded to prorida apaclal ecepansation to offnt loia of a*ruing* during th pariod of partial dlBabillty of an employse, we fail that unh paywntB should ba orr and aboxo the paysanti aada a ft r total dlBabillty occur* and should net rahw* the tXOOO buIjb, of rech pa^woata oada aftir total disability ooeurs. . Partial disability, a* uisd in Ihla noao, r*fr* to loa* of saraings on Xb* part of tba saployes a* a risult of hi* balng tmiSfeTTad to a lover paid Job on tn ins 1 steno of tb* Plant Physician and doss not oecsasaiily *aa that tbs anploysa is, at tb* praisnt, physically unabl* to parfons hi* regular Job, .. u CV31 JL'B TSi' COO'ta Doi 1 - as